Stargate
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[edit] Introduction
Stargate: SG-1 is a long-running US television series originally based on a 1994 movie called Stargate. There were minor canon changes between the movie and the series (for example, the name of Jack's son and the location of the planet Abydos); the fandom generally resolves such differences in favor of the series.
Stargate: SG-1 is a phenomenon in science fiction television becoming, in 2006, the longest running television science fiction show in US history. As at Christmas 2006, the series was half way through its current and final season - season 10. Following the transmission of the remaining episodes, two straight-to-DVD movies are planned, with hopes that these may lead to a new series of some sort for the franchise.
The series enjoys wide popularity, with a global fanbase. It has also generated a wealth of fan fiction - evident when searching using the keyword "stargate" - and a dedicated and expert group of followers who have maintained contact and communication via online discussion boards since the series began.
Stargate cast regularly appear at conventions in locations such as the USA, UK, Australia and even as far-flung as New Zealand where they universally receive an enthusiastic welcome.
While cable channel, SciFi, chose not to renew their Stargate option after season 10 - much to the surprise of the cast and viewers - owners MGM reportedly value the Stargate franchise as much as their enduringly successful James Bond property. This has led to the belief that Stargate will continue on into the future in some way, perhaps through cinema releases or further DVD-based movies.
A MMPG "Stargate Worlds" in also currently in development.
Some of the fanbase believes that SG-1 is just hitting its stride after changes in the core cast. They note that the introduction of new female character, Vala, has breathed new life into the series, and that a season 11 and beyond should be produced. For this reason, they are lobbying hard for MGM to find an alternative outlet to SciFi. The feasibility of making Stargate SG-1 the first series to be made exclusively for on-demand web viewing has also been mooted that, if achieved, will continue the remarkable history of a remarkable and high quality show.
[edit] Canon
[edit] Canon release dates
[edit] 1990s
- On October 28, 1994, the Stargate movie premiered in theaters in the United States. [1]
- On July 27, 1997, Stargate premiered on television in the United States. [2]
- On December 3, 1997, Stargate premiered on television in Australia. [3]
- On February 24, 1998, Stargate premiered on television in Ireland. [4]
- On February 27, 1998, Stargate premiered on television in France. [5]
- On April 1, 1998, Stargate premiered on television in the United Kingdom. [6]
- On April 5, 1998, Stargate premiered on television in Portugal. [7]
- On January 6, 1999, Stargate premiered on television in Germany. [8]
- On January 25, 1999, Stargate premiered on television in Malaysia. [9]
- On June 1, 1999, Stargate premiered on television in Finland. [10]
- On September 19, 1999, Stargate premiered on television in Italy. [11]
[edit] 2000s
- On April 2, 2000, Stargate premiered on television in the Czech Republic. [12]
- On May 14, 2001, Stargate premiered on television in Sweden. [13]
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
- Danny Whumping is a whimsical term used to refer to fics that involve harming the character Daniel Jackson in some manner.
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
- On February 10, 2006, the message board Stargate Alliances was created. [14]
- On August 22, 2006, the Save Stargate mailing list savestargatesg1 was created. [15]
- On June 24, 2007, malnpudl made the following observation regarding slash to het to gen representation in this fandom:
- A lot of it depends on the particular fandom you're talking about. For example, in the Buffyverse and in Stargate SG-1 you'll see as much het as slash, and occasional femslash as well -- while in due South it's almost all slash; het happens, but it's pretty rare -- and Farscape is heavily het. [16]
- In June 2008, ScienceGeek, a member of the CSI and Stargate fandoms, passed away after a long battle with cancer. [17]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Fan Fiction
There are a number of sites where Stargate fans share fan fiction. One of the biggest sites is FanFiction.Net. The fandom also utilizes a number of fandom specific and pairing specific sites, including sites like Heliopolis.
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in the Stargate fan fiction community.
[edit] Awards
The Stargate fandom likes to recognize quality works in the fandom. To this end, a number of Stargate fan fiction awards have been held, including SG-1 Awards which was held in 2001.
[edit] Beta reading
By 2004, a number of X-Files fan fiction writers who were part of the “Yes Virginia” group of fan fiction authors had migrated to other fandoms. Some examples of this migration included Harry Potter with the author Parsons, Lord of the Rings with the author Sebasky, West Wing with the authors Sabine, Punk, and CazQ, Stargate with Suelac and Minnow, Farscape with the authors Suelac, Fialka, Sab and Pene, Sports Night with the authors Sabine and Punk, Smallville with the author Punk, and Buffy/Angel with the authors August/Unwinding, Minnow and Sebasky. As they migrated, they took their traditions of machete beta reading with them.
[edit] Drabbles
By this 2004, the term drabble is being used in the Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z and Stargate Atlantis fan fiction communities. The usage of the term probably predates this usage as it is based on LiveJournal drabble community founding.
[edit] Fan fiction archives
[edit] FanFiction.Net
Below is a partial timeline of Stargate related events which took place on FanFiction.Net.
- On January 29, 1999, Duck by Yum became the first English language Stargate story published on FanFiction.Net.[18][19]
- On April 8, 2002, Quand l'espoir n'existe plus by drusilla4 became the first French language Stargate story published on FanFiction.Net. [20][21]
- On December 11, 2002, La Boda by nalaa became the first Spanish language Stargate story published on FanFiction.Net. [22][23]
- On July 13, 2003, Louco por esta garota by Lali-chan became the first Portuguese language Stargate story published on FanFiction.Net. [24][25]
- On December 16, 2005, the FanFiction.Net forum Daniel and Vala was created. [26]
- On December 17, 2005, the FanFiction.Net forum Sam and Jack Shipper Site was created. [27]
- On February 6, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Character Deaths was created. [28]
- On February 8, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum The Stargate Challenge was created. [29]
- On March 23, 2006, the Stargate FanFiction.Net forum The best couple was created. [30]
[edit] FanLib
When FanLib was first launched in March 2007, parts of the Stargate community were very anti-FanLib as the Stargate fandom has a number of old school and acafen who felt that FanLib was a threat to traditional fandom ethics and to the existing power structure in fandom. Since August 2007, the anti-FanLib sentiment has largely been mooted with little continued discussion of the archive. With that vacuum, and the number of features that FanLib offers users, the Stargate fandom on FanLib began to grow.
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in the Stargate fandom on FanLib.
- On March 18, 2007, The Chieftain's Daughter by spacemonkey69 became the first Stargate story published on FanLib. [31][32]
Below is a partial list of Stargate fandom users found on FanLib.
- briar_elwood [33]
- cleothemuse [34]
- fbi_bones [35]
- jessie179 [36]
- mak5258 [37]
- quarkie [38]
- sithjesto [39]
- spacemonkey69 [40]
[edit] Heliopolis
On June 1, 2000, Heliopolis, a Stargate fan fiction archive, was founded. [41]
[edit] Influential fanworks
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[edit] Social networking sites
[edit] LiveJournal
- On May 21, 2003, the LiveJournal community allcrossovers was created. [42] Posted to the community was fan fiction this fandom.
- On May 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community stargateslash was created. [43]
- On September 22, 2003, the LiveJournal community allfandomfics was founded. [44] It would host fan fiction from this fandom along with additional ones.
- On April 12, 2004, the fan fiction rec LiveJournal community stargateficrec was created. [45]
- On November 11, 2004, the LiveJournal community 3_ships was founded. [46] It is a threesome secret santa community. Fandoms represented by this community included this one.
- On November 26, 2004, the LiveJournal fan fiction community stargate_fanfic was created. [47]
[edit] The Internet
[edit] LiveJournal
There is a sizable Stargate community on LiveJournal. Because the show predates the existence of LiveJournal, the community was not immediately present on LiveJournal. A number of people on mailing lists transitioned to LiveJournal but a population refused to migrate to LiveJournal.
Below is a partial timeline of events that took pace in the Stargate community on LiveJournal.
- On July 17, 2001, the LiveJournal community sg1 was created. [48]
- On March 21, 2003, the LiveJournal icon community stargate_icons was created. [49]
- On May 21, 2003, the LiveJournal community allcrossovers was created. [50] Posted to the community was fan fiction this fandom.
- On May 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community stargateslash was created. [51]
- On September 22, 2003, the LiveJournal community allfandomfics was founded. [52] It would host fan fiction from this fandom along with additional ones.
- On January 31, 2004, the LiveJournal community stargate_sg_1 was created. [53]
- On April 12, 2004, the fan fiction rec LiveJournal community stargateficrec was created. [54]
- On May 15, 2004, the LiveJournal community stargate was created. [55]
- On August 29, 2004, the LiveJournal community stargate_geek was created. [56]
- On November 11, 2004, the LiveJournal community 3_ships was founded. [57] It is a threesome secret santa community. Fandoms represented by this community included this one.
- On November 26, 2004, the LiveJournal fan fiction community stargate_fanfic was created. [58]
- On March 15, 2007, the movie LiveJournal community stargatemovies was created. [59]
[edit] Mailing lists
Mailing lists have historically played an important role in the Stargate fandom and continue to do so. The first lists were created not long after the show debuted on television.
Below is a partial timeline of events that took pace in the Stargate community involving mailing lists.
- On September 18, 1998, the mailing list stargatesg1-1 was created. [60]
- On May 30, 2000, the Dan/Jan mailing list danandjan was created. [61]
- On March 22, 2001, the mailing list milliways-L was created for the posting of science fiction related fan fiction and discussion. Fandoms represented included this one. [62]
- On August 22, 2006, the Save Stargate mailing list savestargatesg1 was created. [63]
- On September 18, 2006, the Stargate mailing list OfficialStargateList was created. [64]
- In August 2007, due to a rumor that Yahoo!Groups was removing users who were lurking on mailing lists in this fandom, a number of mailing lists saw an increase in participation so that would not happen. While this rumor was not true, and Yahoo was only removing people who had e-mail accounts bouncing in excess of six months, it did not stop a certain level of hysteria.
[edit] Message boards
[edit] SCIFI.COM Stargate SG-1 BBoard
"The Stargate SG-1 Bulletin Board is the most popular message board on SCIFI.COM. With well over half-a-million posts and nine seasons' worth of stories, members of that board have had a lot to say to each other about their show for nine years. With a tenth season underway, the members continue to have many more characters and adventures to discuss." [65]
[edit] Orkut
Orkut is a social networking site that has many users from Asia. There is a thriving Stargate community on the site, engaged mostly in discussing the show, focusing on the science and on the technology in the show. There is almost no fan fiction community for the show on the site.
Below is a partial timeline of events that took pace in the Stargate community involving orkut.
- On October 1, 2004, the orkut community Stargate was created. [66]
- On February 5, 2005, the orkut community Stargate for Download was created. [67]
- On June 13, 2005, the orkut community Stargate sg1 was created. [68]
- On September 9, 2005, the orkut community Stargate: SG-1 was created. [69]
- On October 4, 2005, the orkut community Stargate Atlantis & SG-1 was created. [70]
- On June 7, 2006, the orkut community Stargate SG1 was created. [71]
- On March 24, 2007, the orkut community Stargate Universe was created. [72]
[edit] National communities
Because of a variety of factors, the Stargate fandom had a number of different national and linguistic communities that were created. Many of these communities were started early on by members of the Stargate fandom who were bilingual and had access to the original English language version of the show or after the show was aired in countries besides English speaking ones.
See specific national histories for additional information:
- Stargate fandom in Australia
- Stargate fandom in the Czech Republic
- Stargate fandom in Finland
- Stargate fandom in France
- Stargate fandom in Germany
- Stargate fandom in Ireland
- Stargate fandom in Italy
- Stargate fandom in Malaysia
- Stargate fandom in Mexico
- Stargate fandom in Portugal
- Stargate fandom in Spain
- Stargate fandom in Sweden
[edit] Shipping
For fan fiction and fan vidding, shipping can be very important. People created mailing lists, LiveJournal communities and archives dedicated to their ships.
[edit] Daniel/Jan
On May 30, 2000, the Dan/Jan mailing list danandjan was created. [73]
[edit] Daniel/Vala
On December 16, 2005, the FanFiction.Net forum Daniel and Vala was created. [74]
As of March 8, 2008, there are 5 works on FanLib tagged daniel/vala and 2 works tagged danielvala. [75][76]
[edit] Jack/Daniel
As of March 8, 2008, there are 2 works on FanLib tagged jackdaniel. [77]
[edit] Jacob/Selmac
As of March 8, 2008, there are 2 works on FanLib tagged jacob/selmac. [78]
[edit] Sam/Carter
As of March 8, 2008, there are 7 works on FanLib tagged sam carter. [79]
[edit] Sam/Daniel
As of March 8, 2008, there are 3 works on FanLib tagged sam/daniel. [80]
[edit] Sam/Jack
On December 17, 2005, the FanFiction.Net forum Sam and Jack Shipper Site was created. [81]
As of March 8, 2008, there are 5 works on FanLib tagged sam/jack, 6 works tagged with samjack and 8 works tagged with s/j. [82][83][84]
[edit] Fandom members
This section needs more information.
[edit] Fandom size
[edit] December 2006
As of November 22, 2006 there are 547 stories on Twisting the Hellmouth [85] and 13,970 stories on FanFiction.Net. [86]
[edit] May 2007
As of May 23, 2007, there are 167 Stargate stories on FanLib. [87]
[edit] December 2007
As of December 8, 2007, there are 215 Stargate fanworks on FanLib. [88]
As of December 19, 2007, there are 208 stories, 7 videos, 4 images, 3 poems and 1 screenplay on FanLib. [89] On December 19, 2007, there are 211 fans on FanPop. [90]
[edit] March 2008
As of March 7, 2008, there are 36 stories tagged stargate on Quizilla [91], there are 234 stories, 3 videos, 5 images, 4 poems, 1 lyric and 1 screenplay on FanLib, [92] and there are 17,743 stories on FanFiction.Net. [93]
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
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